Editing Toastmaster (section)

==Role==
In service organizations and businesses, the role of toastmaster was a permanently assigned role, but often rotating among members. Toastmasters were largely expected to keep the event from becoming boring, and a cottage industry arose in the middle century  to cater to the desire of businessmen and other leaders to overcome the [[fear of public speaking]]. Would-be toastmasters were typically counseled to use light [[humor]], and to have [[anecdote]]s and [[epigram]]s handily memorized. [[Toastmasters International]] is an organization dedicated to helping people in public speaking and in fulfilling the role of toastmaster and leader.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Sha |first=Mandy |url=https://www.amazon.com/CAN-YOU-TOO-Inspirations-award-winning/dp/B0C522W4Z5 |title=If we can do it, you can, too! Inspirations from award-winning speakers & leaders |last2=Lee |first2=Cassandra |year=2023 |isbn=9798379235413 |pages=}}</ref>

Such was the importance of a toastmaster remaining sober in order to conduct events, he may have had a special cup, called the toastmaster's glass, which, although of the same size and shape as others at the event, in fact was of much lower capacity due to an almost solid interior. Several such glasses are now displayed at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London.<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/toastmasters-glass|title=Toastmaster's glass|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=4 June 2018|language=en}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=June 2018}}